29 CFR Part 1910 Bloodborne Pathogens Standard;Corrections and Technical Amendment AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.ACTION: Final rule; corrections and technical amendment.SUMMARY: OSHA is making a technical amendment to its Bloodborne Pathogens Standard by moving the rule’s paragraph on sharps injury log requirements from paragraph (i), entitled “Dates”, to paragraph (h), entitled “Recordkeeping.”DATES: […]
The term “Shelter-in-Place” (SIP) is becoming more and more popular in emergency response plans and although it is a VITAL part of many response plans, doing it PROPERLY may NOT be as easy as it sounds. In this article, I hope to explain what is required when we claim “shelter-in-Place” as a method to manage
With workers like this, the safety profession will forever be needed! Just think… one of us will have the personal pleasure of keeping the young people in this video safe! They will be working in our plants before you know it.
This is NOT an April Fool’s joke, but a fact. It is not a well known requirement, but we have seen OSHA use this from time to time when teams have been disbanded – me being one of those they used to make an example of. But 1910.120(q)(9) refers us back to 1910.120(f) in regards
MANY THANKS to my NEW & RENEWING “Partners in Safety”for their support! since 2012 since 2007 Since 2010 since 2006 2012 Fatality Tracker Electrical 20 (2011 = 81) (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift Mobile Equipment 14 (2011 = 84) (2010 = 110) (2009 = 88) Mining 25 (2011 = 248) (2010 =
If you have been around ammonia refrigeration very long, you have most likely heard a horror story or two related to “draining an oil pot.” This task is also very well known by OSHA and EPA inspectors and is often used as a point of review for operating and maintenance procedures during PSM/RMP inspections. So
Ammonia Incidents in OregonFrom 1993 – 2007 ORHSEES recorded a total of 3,187 qualifying chemical incidents in Oregon. Of these qualifying incidents, 240 (7.5%) involved a release of ammonia. 87.5% of the ammonia releases occurred at fixed facilities while 12.5% occurred during the transport of ammonia. A total of 67 of the 240 ammonia incidents required an evacuation order, affecting 3687 people. Evacuations ranged from
During a recent project the SAFTENG team came across an interesting “change” to a covered process that fits the “changes to facilities” perfectly. The covered process was a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) unit on a coal fired boiler. The unit was having problems during cooler months with the ammonia condensing before it reached the SCR unit.
